The most effective thing that one can do is to face their own dark side. See how the suffering it has caused them affects and has affected those around them. Own it. Share it, what and how they have leave learned from this encounter. Realize, as a Navajo elder shared, they don't create even the air they breathe. This opens a door of surrender and trust in a now obvious Higher Power they long to be part of and already are. Loving. Clear. Aware. Joyful. Creative. Innocent. The emanation of Russell Brand now, seeking and speaking Jesus. Thank you for writing this book, Russell Brand. I pray any stone thrower reads you.
the book looks great i can relate . After finding a way to slow, & reverse BV/FTD/ALS dx, and not had a drink since Sept 8, 1989 - I am sure i can relate, even to the current situation. We are all cary a Cross, and the world's reflection is harsh, but when we turn to the LIGHT for our identity, We Shine and allow others to shine too. Thanks so much, Bobbie for promote of Russel B. book - Love Kelli McGowan
I was going to write a comment about what a great book this may be and that I might actually buy it, with real money, rather than wait for it to be tossed in a Little Free Library, and then I made the mistake of reading some previous comments with a number of expectorations about Brand's past and Christianity in general. So now I have to put on my defense lawyer cap. 1) Defendants are assumed innocent until proven guilty; it's a rule we seldom honor anymore, preferring to convict people on bare allegations and reporters' decisions about what to present (there are now TWO Wikipedia articles listing Epstein papers names [Brand isn't one] because there were too many to list in just one; are these all pedophiles? Is that really the world you think you live in?). 2) This is a MAHA newsletter; if we're going to attack people based on their past, RFK Jr. is a good place to start; when I was in college, he was scoring drugs down the street; he was addicted to whatever you'd give him; his marriages were not happy and women have made allegations about his sexual conduct. Should he be canceled from honest company and assumed unable to work good on earth because of it? 3) If you only give credence to people who've never been in trouble, you're following people with only half a view of life, people who have never confronted their wrongs and had to correct them, ask forgiveness, and push on; these are character-building experiences, and I've found (I'm 70 years old) that those who make it through are far more sympathetic, sensitive, and common-sensical than those who've lived their lives as perfect-A students. 4) Brand isn't just a Christian, he's a Catholic; that ought to really put the fear of God into nay-sayers who see the Church as a haven for (natch) pedophiles, repression, money-grabbing, and hypocracy. It is not, and there's not enough room here to explain why. If you don't want religion, that's your choice. I have found, however, that there seems to be an absolute fear of religion among certain people, as if faith in God might detract from faith in other things (kings or No Kings, gender equlity or communism or free enterprise or sneakers) when all religious faith does is to cast a different light on those things. In closing, I will definitely read this book (maybe buy it!) because Brand is smart, funny, humble, and articulate, and I like that!
As a Christian, I was thrilled when Russel found Christ. He preached Jesus better than a lot of preachers I’ve heard!
I have to say I’m not thrilled that he’s let his old ways creep back in (eg the profanity, etc). Also, I’m seeing him add in a mix of mysticism (Jung, etc), which is counterfeit Christianity. I pray that he will return to Biblical TRUTH he found and which he seems to have abandoned so quickly. 🙏🏼
Whoa....Has MAHA now become a Christian and Trump/Republican supporting organization? If so, count me out. MAHA has, at its core, a tremendous opportunity to affect the transformation of public health in all ways. Aligning with Christianity and the Republican agenda writ large greatly limits MAHA's message. I am neither a Christian nor a Republican. Please stay focused on all of us, vitally engaged in creating a healthy America.
The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’ a
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
Craig Neal, as far as I know, RFK, Jr has identified himself as a Christian, and I consider him the founder of the MAHA movement. Also, how can we understand true health apart from our Maker? When we want to know how to keep your cars running well, we consider the manufacturer’s recommendations. The same should be true of our bodies.
Health incorporates all four levels of our being - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
If you don't like the specific references to "Christ," substitute them with words that better resonate with your beliefs (e.g. Universe, Love, quantum field, collective consciousness, etc).
Given that a good amount of Christians believe that "others" (which is a lot of people all over the globe) are going to hell, I'm not a fan of MAHA promoting this book. "Finding your way back to Christ" is exactly the kind of narrative that gets other people feared, marginalized or, heaven forbid, killed. Christ is a perfectly fine path for some. Just not for all. MAHA: The H is for Health, right? Good health does include supportive community and a belief in something greater than oneself. But please steer clear of a narrative as divisive as this. Thank you.
Lisa, the Christ belongs to everyone. Everyone. Jesus Christ is not a church. I'm a non-church-going Christian and a MAGA-voting Independent. It thrills my heart that Russell Brand is remembering where we all came from and where we're all (except soulless NPCs) going. This can only help Make America Healthy Again. I know you mean well, my sister, but please notice your own divisive narrative.
That's exactly my point. Some people actually have no interest in Christ. And that's ok. That's not divisive. What's divisive is imposing your ideology on others. I didn't say anything about Christ being a church. You are beautifully illustrating my point. Unity means uniting people. Not in Christ, in goodness and love. So, "sister", take the log out of your own eye.
(Clunk. Ooh--log landed on my foot.) My view: the Christ entity, as embodied by Jesus Sananda on Earth, IS goodness and love. Not necessarily a path. Necessarily goodness and love.
Having never been a religious person myself (though also not an atheist), I will typically take something like this and substitute words that more align with my beliefs (e.g. the "Universe" instead of "Christ"). This allows the underlying spiritual message to better resonate with me so I can still get something meaningful out of it.
Health exists on all four levels of our being - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It is the spiritual level that this piece speaks to.
So according to you, he was only “relevant” when he allegedly raped and assaulted women? That’s interesting.
I also would encourage you to become as you say “curious” about what he’s done in past six years, which has made him quite relevant to hundreds of thousands of people.
Those who only skim the surface of Brand’s former career really can’t weigh in with any depth of position. Perhaps this book likely might help you, and others like you with that understanding.
"which has made him quite relevant to hundreds of thousands of people." -- I would say 6.7 MILLION, according to the number of his YouTube subscribers.
His relevance, and subsequent less-relevant career, are matters of fact. I admit he has become more relevant to some people who agree with his views on the issues.
None of this has to do with the allegations against him which are also on the record.
Frankly most Americans don't realize how or why this man was so famous in Britain and what role his sex life played in that fame. If they did perhaps they'd be shocked. One might say that the one constant here is his use of fame for personal gain.
The most effective thing that one can do is to face their own dark side. See how the suffering it has caused them affects and has affected those around them. Own it. Share it, what and how they have leave learned from this encounter. Realize, as a Navajo elder shared, they don't create even the air they breathe. This opens a door of surrender and trust in a now obvious Higher Power they long to be part of and already are. Loving. Clear. Aware. Joyful. Creative. Innocent. The emanation of Russell Brand now, seeking and speaking Jesus. Thank you for writing this book, Russell Brand. I pray any stone thrower reads you.
the book looks great i can relate . After finding a way to slow, & reverse BV/FTD/ALS dx, and not had a drink since Sept 8, 1989 - I am sure i can relate, even to the current situation. We are all cary a Cross, and the world's reflection is harsh, but when we turn to the LIGHT for our identity, We Shine and allow others to shine too. Thanks so much, Bobbie for promote of Russel B. book - Love Kelli McGowan
Sounds like a book I might buy.
I was going to write a comment about what a great book this may be and that I might actually buy it, with real money, rather than wait for it to be tossed in a Little Free Library, and then I made the mistake of reading some previous comments with a number of expectorations about Brand's past and Christianity in general. So now I have to put on my defense lawyer cap. 1) Defendants are assumed innocent until proven guilty; it's a rule we seldom honor anymore, preferring to convict people on bare allegations and reporters' decisions about what to present (there are now TWO Wikipedia articles listing Epstein papers names [Brand isn't one] because there were too many to list in just one; are these all pedophiles? Is that really the world you think you live in?). 2) This is a MAHA newsletter; if we're going to attack people based on their past, RFK Jr. is a good place to start; when I was in college, he was scoring drugs down the street; he was addicted to whatever you'd give him; his marriages were not happy and women have made allegations about his sexual conduct. Should he be canceled from honest company and assumed unable to work good on earth because of it? 3) If you only give credence to people who've never been in trouble, you're following people with only half a view of life, people who have never confronted their wrongs and had to correct them, ask forgiveness, and push on; these are character-building experiences, and I've found (I'm 70 years old) that those who make it through are far more sympathetic, sensitive, and common-sensical than those who've lived their lives as perfect-A students. 4) Brand isn't just a Christian, he's a Catholic; that ought to really put the fear of God into nay-sayers who see the Church as a haven for (natch) pedophiles, repression, money-grabbing, and hypocracy. It is not, and there's not enough room here to explain why. If you don't want religion, that's your choice. I have found, however, that there seems to be an absolute fear of religion among certain people, as if faith in God might detract from faith in other things (kings or No Kings, gender equlity or communism or free enterprise or sneakers) when all religious faith does is to cast a different light on those things. In closing, I will definitely read this book (maybe buy it!) because Brand is smart, funny, humble, and articulate, and I like that!
Nicely stated!
As a Christian, I was thrilled when Russel found Christ. He preached Jesus better than a lot of preachers I’ve heard!
I have to say I’m not thrilled that he’s let his old ways creep back in (eg the profanity, etc). Also, I’m seeing him add in a mix of mysticism (Jung, etc), which is counterfeit Christianity. I pray that he will return to Biblical TRUTH he found and which he seems to have abandoned so quickly. 🙏🏼
So glad to hear about his book but more importantly that he adores our Christ, Savior of the world.
Blessed Easter to all and He is Risen!
Whoa....Has MAHA now become a Christian and Trump/Republican supporting organization? If so, count me out. MAHA has, at its core, a tremendous opportunity to affect the transformation of public health in all ways. Aligning with Christianity and the Republican agenda writ large greatly limits MAHA's message. I am neither a Christian nor a Republican. Please stay focused on all of us, vitally engaged in creating a healthy America.
The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’ a
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
Craig Neal, as far as I know, RFK, Jr has identified himself as a Christian, and I consider him the founder of the MAHA movement. Also, how can we understand true health apart from our Maker? When we want to know how to keep your cars running well, we consider the manufacturer’s recommendations. The same should be true of our bodies.
Health incorporates all four levels of our being - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
If you don't like the specific references to "Christ," substitute them with words that better resonate with your beliefs (e.g. Universe, Love, quantum field, collective consciousness, etc).
We count you out. Jesus is never to be dismissed or held in low praise. Best of luck.
Given that a good amount of Christians believe that "others" (which is a lot of people all over the globe) are going to hell, I'm not a fan of MAHA promoting this book. "Finding your way back to Christ" is exactly the kind of narrative that gets other people feared, marginalized or, heaven forbid, killed. Christ is a perfectly fine path for some. Just not for all. MAHA: The H is for Health, right? Good health does include supportive community and a belief in something greater than oneself. But please steer clear of a narrative as divisive as this. Thank you.
Lisa, the Christ belongs to everyone. Everyone. Jesus Christ is not a church. I'm a non-church-going Christian and a MAGA-voting Independent. It thrills my heart that Russell Brand is remembering where we all came from and where we're all (except soulless NPCs) going. This can only help Make America Healthy Again. I know you mean well, my sister, but please notice your own divisive narrative.
That's exactly my point. Some people actually have no interest in Christ. And that's ok. That's not divisive. What's divisive is imposing your ideology on others. I didn't say anything about Christ being a church. You are beautifully illustrating my point. Unity means uniting people. Not in Christ, in goodness and love. So, "sister", take the log out of your own eye.
(Clunk. Ooh--log landed on my foot.) My view: the Christ entity, as embodied by Jesus Sananda on Earth, IS goodness and love. Not necessarily a path. Necessarily goodness and love.
Having never been a religious person myself (though also not an atheist), I will typically take something like this and substitute words that more align with my beliefs (e.g. the "Universe" instead of "Christ"). This allows the underlying spiritual message to better resonate with me so I can still get something meaningful out of it.
Health exists on all four levels of our being - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It is the spiritual level that this piece speaks to.
You sound just like a libturd; all about you, whining and feeling marginalized. Get a pair and grow up. Next.
Here are some facts for the curious about Brand's career and the legal charges against him.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-comedian-russell-brand-trial-rape-sex-assault-charges-delayed-2026-03-30/
It would be interesting to hear him directly address his effect on the culture of the early 2000s, a period of time when he was still relevant.
So according to you, he was only “relevant” when he allegedly raped and assaulted women? That’s interesting.
I also would encourage you to become as you say “curious” about what he’s done in past six years, which has made him quite relevant to hundreds of thousands of people.
Those who only skim the surface of Brand’s former career really can’t weigh in with any depth of position. Perhaps this book likely might help you, and others like you with that understanding.
Agreed, Jeannie. Here is another book which will shed some LIGHT . . . https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27167188M/Revolution
"which has made him quite relevant to hundreds of thousands of people." -- I would say 6.7 MILLION, according to the number of his YouTube subscribers.
His relevance, and subsequent less-relevant career, are matters of fact. I admit he has become more relevant to some people who agree with his views on the issues.
None of this has to do with the allegations against him which are also on the record.
Frankly most Americans don't realize how or why this man was so famous in Britain and what role his sex life played in that fame. If they did perhaps they'd be shocked. One might say that the one constant here is his use of fame for personal gain.
He is still relevant, just not in your culture.